Finance Bill — New Clause 7 — Road Fuel Regulator — 6 Jul 2005 at 17:30

Ian Stewart MP, Eccles voted with the majority (No).

'In the Hydrocarbon Oil Duties Act 1979 (c. 5) section 6 (excise duty on hydrocarbon oil) there is inserted after subsection (1A)— (1B) The Chancellor of the Exchequer shall publish a forecast based on the expected direction of international oil prices. (1C) When the average price per litre of a fuel listed in subsection (1A) above increases by more than 3 pence over any period of six months, the Chancellor of the Exchequer shall make regulations reducing the duty rate on that fuel and that reduction in fuel duty shall be based on the increase in the cost per litre accounted for by VAT. (1D) Whenever international oil prices rise above the level estimated by the forecast made in accordance with subsection (1B) above, indexed fuel duty increases shall be frozen until the international oil prices return to the forecast level.' —[Stewart Hosie.]

I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time.

Question put, That the clause be read a Second time:-

The House divided: Ayes 12, Noes 351.

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Party Summary

Votes by party, red entries are votes against the majority for that party.

What is Tell? '+1 tell' means that in addition one member of that party was a teller for that division lobby.

What are Boths? An MP can vote both aye and no in the same division. The boths page explains this.

What is Turnout? This is measured against the total membership of the party at the time of the vote.

PartyMajority (No)Minority (Aye)BothTurnout
Con0 000.0%
DUP0 5055.6%
Lab304 (+2 tell) 0086.4%
LDem47 0077.0%
PC0 2 (+1 tell)0100.0%
SNP0 4 (+1 tell)083.3%
UUP0 10100.0%
Total:351 12058.3%

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